RSS-119 issue 12

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RSS-119
Issue 12
May 2015
Spectrum Management and Telecommunications
Radio Standards Specification
Land Mobile and Fixed Equipment
Operating in the Frequency Range
27.41-960 MHz

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Preface
Radio Standards Specification RSS-119, Issue 12, Land Mobile and Fixed Equipment Operating in the
Frequency Range 27.41-960 MHz, replaces RSS-119, Issue 11, Land Mobile and Fixed Radio
Transmitters and Receivers Operating in the Frequency Range 27.41-960 MHz, dated June 2011.
This document will be in force as of its publication on the Industry Canada website.
Listed below are the changes:
(1) Requirements for equipment with a 6.25 kHz channel bandwidth operating in the frequency bands
806-821/851-866 MHz and 821-824/866-869 MHz have been added.
(2) The provision for equipment with channel aggregation has been clarified to include mobile
equipment where applicable.
(3) An alternative provision for frequency stability with which fixed and base equipment must comply
has been added.
(4) The frequency stability for mobile equipment operating in the frequency bands 406.1-430 MHz,
450-470 MHz, 806-821/851-866 MHz and 821-824/866-869 MHz with an occupied bandwidth
greater than 20 MHz has been modified.
(5) The frequency bands 764-768 MHz and 794-798 MHz assigned for public safety services have
been removed.
(6) Limits for the transmitter output power of equipment have been added and clarified.
(7) The date by which equipment operating in the frequency bands 768-776 MHz and 798-806 MHz
must comply with a minimum data rate of 4.8 kbps or one voice channel per 6.25 kHz has been
removed.
(8) The requirement for equipment operating in the frequency bands 768-776 MHz and 798-806 MHz
to have a minimum data rate of 128 kbps per 50 kHz has been removed.
(9) The adjacent channel power (ACP) limits for equipment operating in the frequency bands
768-776 MHz and 798-806 MHz have been modified.
(10) The requirement for including data port specifications in the user manual has been removed.

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(11) The requirement for receiver spurious emissions has been removed because it is specified in RSS-
Gen, General Requirements for Compliance of Radio Apparatus.
Issued under the authority of
the Minister of Industry
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Daniel Duguay
Director General
Engineering, Planning and Standards Branch

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Contents
1. Scope................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Exclusion ..............................................................................................................................1
1.2 Land Mobile Equipment Operating in the Frequency Range 138-470 MHz ........................1
2. General Information ......................................................................................................................1
2.1 Licensing Requirements .......................................................................................................1
2.2 Related Documents ...............................................................................................................1
3. General Requirements ...................................................................................................................3
3.1 RSS-Gen Compliance ...........................................................................................................3
3.2 Transmitters With External Frequency Selection Controls ..................................................3
4. Measurement Methods ..................................................................................................................3
4.1 Transmitter Output Power ....................................................................................................4
4.2 Transmitter Unwanted Emissions .........................................................................................4
4.3 Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) Measurement for Equipment in the Bands 768-776 MHz
and 798-806 MHz .................................................................................................................5
5. Transmitter and Receiver Specifications .....................................................................................5
5.1 Interface Impedance ..............................................................................................................5
5.2 Types of Modulation .............................................................................................................6
5.3 Transmitter Frequency Stability ...........................................................................................6
5.4 Transmitter Output Power ....................................................................................................8
5.5 Channel Bandwidth, Authorized Bandwidth, Occupied Bandwidth and Spectrum Masks..9
5.6 Fixed Equipment With an Occupied Bandwidth Larger Than the Authorized Bandwidth
Permitted in This Standard .................................................................................................13
5.7 Equivalent Channels ...........................................................................................................13
5.8 Transmitter Unwanted Emissions .......................................................................................13
5.9 Transient Frequency Behaviour ..........................................................................................19
5.10 Transmitters With an Output Power not Exceeding 120 mW ............................................20
5.11 Interoperability Technical Standards for Equipment in the Bands 768-776 MHz and
798-806 MHz ......................................................................................................................21

Land Mobile and Fixed Equipment
Operating in the Frequency Range 27.41-960 MHz RSS-119
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1. Scope
This Radio Standards Specification (RSS) sets out requirements for land mobile and fixed equipment
operating in frequency bands within the range 27.41-960 MHz, as specified in Table 1 of this standard.
1.1 Exclusion
For the bands 27.41-28 MHz and 29.7-50 MHz, RSS-125, Land Mobile and Fixed Radio Transmitters
and Receivers, 1.705 to 50.0 MHz, Primarily Amplitude Modulated, shall be used for equipment
certification if the equipment’s signal is amplitude modulated.
1.2 Land Mobile Equipment Operating in the Frequency Range 138-470 MHz
Within the frequency bands 138-174 MHz, 406.1-430 MHz and 450-470 MHz, equipment used for the
land mobile service operating with a channel bandwidth of more than 12.5 kHz shall be certified only if
it is also able to meet the equivalent of one voice channel in a 12.5 kHz bandwidth (e.g., two voice
channels per 25 kHz).
2. General Information
Equipment covered by this standard is classified as Category I equipment. Either a technical acceptance
certificate (TAC) issued by the Certification and Engineering Bureau of Industry Canada or a certificate
issued by a certification body (CB) is required.
2.1 Licensing Requirements
The equipment covered by this standard is subject to licensing, pursuant to subsection 4(1) of the
Radiocommunication Act.
2.2 Related Documents
All Spectrum Management and Telecommunications publications are available on Industry Canada’s
website at www.ic.gc.ca/spectrum under Official Publications.
The TIA standards can be obtained from the Telecommunications Industry Association’s website at
http://www.tiaonline.org.
The following documents should be consulted:
TIA Standard 603
Land Mobile FM or PM Communications Equipment Measurement
and Performance Standards
TIA Standard 102.BAAA
Project 25 – FDMA Common Air Interface – New Technology
Standards Project – Digital Radio Technical Standards